The story Lumiere told was extremely familiar to Duanmuhuai.

The prayers of a group of psykers summoned warp daemons known as the magical elves, and they made a pact with the elves in order to gain power. Existences called Elven Contractors were created - but in fact, this was no different from demons possessing mortals. From the perspective of the Inquisition, all these psykers did was to summon demons through heretical rituals. Demonic possession only gives strength.

"The elf contract represents a person who completely assimilates his soul with the elf and turns his soul into an elf. Because the elf is eternal, the body is just a container for the elf at the moment the contract is concluded, so he will become immortal. .”

 This is a matter of course. Mortals whose souls have been taken away by subspace demons are nothing more than the demon's lackeys. Their souls no longer belong to them. Even if their bodies are destroyed, their souls cannot be destroyed.

"But... this also has a shortcoming. Elves originally do not have containers, so they will gradually deviate from humans. In the end, they will even abandon the containers. And the elf contractors who abandon the containers are called... big Elf.”

Without the soul, the body controlled by the subspace demon is of course meaningless. While being drawn into the subspace, the souls of those psykers have been completely transformed into the subspace demon.

"More importantly, the contractor himself will also be bound by the desire to conclude the contract. The father obtained the power of the elves through the elf contract and created magic. In order to allow more people to use magic, he also allowed more people to use magic. When people conclude an elf contract, everyone does it for the people, for the suffering compatriots, that is, the earliest royal families and nobles, but..."

 After saying this, Lumiere sighed.

"However, human desires are endless, and the desire for a better life is replaced by the desire to enjoy more luxuries. The king who stands up for his country through prayers is no longer a king who answers prayers. , but turned into a king who fulfilled his desires - in order to protect his own people, he could invade other countries without hesitation and drive out the people of other countries. He used overwhelming power to trample on the people like ants, an immortal king! Just because The hope of the people is not only to repel the invaders, but also to completely burn the invading country to ashes!"

Lumiere clenched her fists angrily.

"Do you think such a king is right? So I destroyed him! Because I thought he was wrong!"

　　Wow……

Looking at Lumiere in front of him, Duanmuhuai applauded silently in his heart.

This is simply a replica of the Emperor and the Horus Heresy, except it looks like Miss Horus succeeded here.

Well, this is normal, after all, this only concerns one country, not the entire galaxy.

"I did it all to stop the people and prevent the country from continuing to lose control! Fortunately, even if the Elf Contract is not concluded, the power of magic will be inherited by descendants, so I deliberately let the Elf Contract be lost! This country no longer needs the Elf Contract! Expect the people who own that monster to be destroyed too!”

 “But I failed.”

Lumiere lowered her head.

“The magic elves betrayed me... No, in other words, I betrayed them, so they gave up on me and sealed me completely.”

"how come………!"

　　The three girls who were shocked by Lumiere's series of confessions were also stunned and speechless. The Kingdom of Paretia has always regarded magical elves as part of their faith, but they never thought that the great elves they worshiped were actually human beings!

 “That’s not surprising.”

On the contrary, Duanmuhuai sneered.

“The usual method of warp demons is to give mortals a little sweetness first, and then tempt them to fall. By the time they want to turn back, it’s already too late.”

"What do you mean? Mr. Judge, do you want to say that the magic elves we believe in are demons?"

Facing Duanmuhuai’s ridicule, Euphilia said dissatisfiedly, but Duanmuhuai glanced at her and snorted coldly.

"Yes, from the perspective of the Tribunal, what you believe in is the extremely evil subspace demon. I can even label you as heretics who believe in demons right now. All subspace creatures must be destroyed, and Your magic elves are no exception. In essence, they are not much different from the demons you will fight against."

 The atmosphere suddenly became tense, and soon, Tierti frowned and put forward her own opinion.

"But... why does Lumiere-sama appear here? I mean... what is her purpose of coming here?"

"I don't know about this, but I have a hypothesis - in fact, you may not know that before coming here, the transport team was attacked by the demons. If my men hadn't arrived in time, the demons would have The transport team must have been wiped out, and..."

Duanmuhuai glanced at Lumiere.

 “Do you have any idea?”

"certainly."

Lumiere lowered her head.

"I said before that I am the daughter of the first king, but the reason why I concluded the elf contract is just to serve as the king's backup - once something happens to the king, I will take over the duties of the king in his place, so I have all the knowledge about the first kingdom. All memories, including..."

 “Great barrier!”

Hearing this, Anisphia seemed to have thought of something, and her face suddenly turned pale, while the others were also shocked.

Indeed, the Kingdom of Paretia has not been conquered by the demons so far. The biggest reason is the large barrier that existed when Paretia was founded, which blocked the possibility of the demons invading from the sky. Otherwise, the Kingdom of Paretia would have been destroyed by the demons long ago.

"Yes, the Great Barrier was built by myself and my father. We know everything about the Great Barrier."

“I see, then, since you are already a subspace creature, the demons can also sense your existence.”

"Yes - just like you said, I can sense the demons, and the demons can also sense me." "I understand."

 Duanmu Huai nodded, he now understood what was going on. The Ministry of Magic sent the sealed Lumiere out of the royal castle as an excuse, and the demons who sensed Lumiere's existence came to try to abduct her. As long as they can obtain the knowledge in Lumiere's mind, they may be able to break through or even destroy the Great Barrier and completely eliminate the Kingdom of Paretia.

As for whether the demons can do this, Duanmuhuai has no doubts. After all, the demons have all kinds of magic and have everything. It is not impossible to have magic similar to reading memories.

“So, you are saying that the Ministry of Magic deliberately sent Miss Lumiere out so that the demons could get her and gain knowledge about the Great Barrier?”

  Annisphia couldn't understand it at all.

"Why? Why does the Ministry of Magic do this? Demons are the enemy of all mankind!"

“Yes, demons are the enemies of humans, but they are not the enemies of magic elves, right?”

Duanmuhuai sneered.

“You have been co-starred by both parties for so many years, and you haven’t gotten over it yet?”

 “Hey? Mr. Judge, what do you mean...”

Eupelia was stunned for a moment when she heard Duanmuhuai's words.

“The demons and the magic elves are in the same group? But... haven’t the magic elves been helping us resist the demons?”

“Nonsense, if this were not the case, would you accept their existence? In fact, isn’t it magic elves that rule humans now?”

“But magic elves have no self-awareness…”

"hehe."

Duanmuhuai glanced at Lumiere and sneered.

“How about I tell you a story about the north wind and the sun.”

 “The north wind and the sun?”

"Yes, the story is very simple. One day, the sun and the north wind made a bet to see who could make pedestrians walking on the road take off their clothes. Then the north wind kept blowing, and then the pedestrians took off their clothes. The wrapping became tighter. Then it was the sun's turn. The sun shone its light on the pedestrians. Then the pedestrians felt more and more hot, so they took off their clothes..."

　　After saying this, Duanmu Huai spread his hands and stared at Euphilia with a half-smile, whose expression was already pale at the moment.

"Understood?"

"I see."

Tierti nodded.

“The demons are the north wind, and the magic elves are the sun…their purpose is to rule us humans, right?”

“That’s pretty much it. Sometimes, the person who is on your side may not be your companion.”

Duanmuhuai was filled with emotion when he said this. It is true that the mission of the Grand Inquisitor was too reversed. The cultists who believed in the evil **** tried to rule the entire planet, but people overthrew the cult rule under the leadership of the Saint. The Grand Inquisitor who later came to investigate ignored people's anger and Doubtful, he forcibly sent the saint who led mankind to resist the cultists to the stake.

The reason is that the Grand Inquisitor discovered that this was actually a situation created by the treacherous believers. Whether they are cultists or saints, they are actually believers of the treacherous ones. And no matter who wins on either side, it means that treachery has won.

 After all, treachery also represents hope and change, so the victory of the saint is also its victory.

Unfortunately, the ignorant people did not agree with this, so in the end the Grand Inquisitor chose to issue an extermination order on that planet.

I would rather kill them all than let them become treacherous cultists.

　　That is, after this mission, when the player performs the mission, he will not only stare at the enemy with suspicion, but also at his own people - who knows whether there is an evil **** behind his "noble" ideals.

"I remember that Anisphia once said that the Kingdom of Paretia believes in magical elves, and the Ministry of Magic is a firm believer in magical elves, right?"

As Duanmuhuai spoke, he looked at Anisphia, who was stunned for a moment and nodded.

"Indeed... do you mean to say... that the Ministry of Magic is controlled by magic elves?"

"Magic elves are beliefs, so isn't the Ministry of Magic the same as a church that believes in magic elves? If that's the case, then it's not normal for the officials of the Ministry of Magic to be fanatical believers in magic elves? Otherwise, where would they find it? Lumiere’s seal, and then sent her here?”

"this………"

 Hearing Duanmu Huai's ridicule, the girls looked at each other, unable to conceal their inner shock.

 If this is really the case, then it will be a big deal!